Imitation-brick weather-boarding for frame houses



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P. TOGLIO. IMITATION BRICK WEATHER BOARDING FOR FRAME HOUSES. No.296,647. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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P. TOGLIO. I IMITATION BRICK WEATHER BGARDING FOB, FRAME HOUSE$. No.296,647 Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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NiT D STATES PATENT reins.

PETER TOGLIO, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMlTATlON-BRICK WEATHER-BOARDING FOR FRAME HOUSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,6L7, dated April 8,1884.

Application filed February 5. 1884. (No model.) I

' forming a part of this specification, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents one side of a frame house embodyingmy invention, and showing the application of my imitationbriokweather-boarding in various forms. Fig.

2 is a detail view, in horizontal section on the line as, showing mymethod of joining weather-boards ata corner. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofthe same corner in elevation. Fig. 4. is a transverse section throughone strip of weather board on the liney y in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a planview of an ornamental weather-boarding strip in detail. Fig. 6 is anelevation of the same.

Previous to my invention frame houses have been constructed withweather-boards on the outside, which have been joined by lapping oneover the other, or by various tongues and grooves 5 and when it wasdesired to give the 1 weather-boarding the appearance of brick theweather-boards were so tongued and grooved as to present aflat surfaceon the outside,

.which flat surface was subsequently painted in imitation of bricks, andthe mortar or cement joining them.

It is the purpose of my invention to so manufacture weather-boardingstrips for frame houses that they shall have a greatly improvedappearance, and not require to be painted, or have any more work done tothem after being fastened to the house-framing, and shall produce theefiect of a brick front; also to make such imitation-brickweather-boardin g more economical of manufacture than here tofore, andso jointed that it may be readily and easily applied to existing framestructures, without necessitating the employment of skilled labor, orrequiring alterations, or special means of attaching it to suchstructures.

I will now proceed to describe my invention,

with reference to the annexed drawings, in which similar letters ofreference, where used in different figures, indicate correspondingparts.

In the drawings, a represents a simple form of weathenboarding strip. Itis provided with the tongue m on the upper edge, and the groove n on thelower edge, so that the tongue m of one strip fits into the groove n ofthe strip next above it when put together, and forms a weather-tightjoint, as is customary when it is do sired that the weather-boardingshall present a flat surface on the outside. In addition to this, eachstrip is also provided with the groove f on the upper front edge, andrunning lengthwise with it, and with grooves g at intervals on the frontsurface and running across it.

In course of manufacturing the weatherboarding strips the bottoms ofthese grooves receive a coat of paint, and are dusted over with finesand, or are otherwise treated so as to give them the appearance ofmortar or cement joints. The fiat surface of the weatherboards betweenthe grooves f f and g 9 receives a coat of paint, or is otherwisetreated, so as to give itthe appearance of brick.

Another form of weatherboard is shown, and is marked 0 in Figs. 1, 5,and 6. This is made more ornamental on the front surface in imitation ofbricks, but does not differ otherwise in any particular from theweather-boards marked a, the grooves f f and g g being identical.

Another form of weather-boarding strip is shown in Fig. 1, and marked(Z. This is made wider to imitate a brick lintel. The grooves g g (madeslightly sloping) and the grooves ff correspond with those marked 1 gand f f on the weather-boards marked a, from which it does not otherwisediffer. In order to join these weather-boarding strips at corners, I usea corner-strip, 1), Figs. 1, 2, and 3, provided with grooves h h, whichrun lengthwise with it and receive the ends I; It of the weatherboardingstrips, which ends are beveled off, and cut to fit the grooves h h. Thecornerstrip [1 is provided with a recess, Z, at the back, which allowsit to fit close up to the framing e c, and has also grooves 12 p on thefront of it and running across it, which grooves and the surface betweenthem are treated the same as the grooves markedff of theweather-boarding strips a and the surface between them, so as to havethe appearance of brick-work with mortar or cement joints.

Having thus described myinvention, what I 5 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Imitation-brick weather-boarding for frame houses, made with grooveson its surface, treated in the manner described, sub- IO stantially asshown, and for the purpose set fOIth.

2. In connection with atongued and grooved Weather-boarding strip,theadditional grooves f f and g 9, treated in the manner described 15 andshown, and for the purpose set forth.

